A mother described to a court how she told her sons: “I’m never defending you from this, never in a million years,” following their arrest on suspicion of attempted murder.

Irene Trigg, who was giving evidence at the trial of Simon and Christopher Trigg, described how she was “shocked” when armed police surrounded her home as her sons were arrested.

She told the jury how as police ordered the two defendants to get on the ground, one turned to her and said: “You’re no parents to us. You’ve done us in. You’re supposed to love your children and protect them.”

It was then she said she replied: “I’m never defending you from this, never in a million years.”

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Simon and Christopher Trigg deny attempting to murder Kevin Skye following a fight at The Hafodyrynys Inn in Caerphilly on December 27 last year. They are currently standing trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

Giving evidence, Mrs Trigg described how, on Boxing Day, she had locked the house and gone to bed after her husband and sons went out for a drink, but she was woken at around 2am by the sound of someone trying the door.

She told the jury she let Christopher Trigg in, shouting: “What time do you call this?” She said she could tell he had “had a few” drinks.

The witness said she left him alone in the kitchen and could hear him moving around for a few minutes before she went back to bed and heard the door shut.

Mrs Trigg recalled she was woken again about half an hour later by voices and banging, adding: “I was really angry.”

She said: “I could see Simon had been fighting. He had a cut and a swelling above his eyebrow. I was ashamed of them.”

Mrs Trigg said her sons told her to “calm down” as they went to the kitchen sink and she got dressed to go and look for her husband.

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Mrs Trigg recalled her husband then “screamed” at her sons: “I’m getting the police - I’m not going to have you in my house having done this.”

She told the jury she saw a police officer outside through a crack in the curtains and her husband approached him saying: “I know exactly who you’re looking for, I’m their father and they are in my house.”

The witness said she heard scraping upstairs as her sons asked to be left alone for 20 minutes.

She said she realised they had “barricaded” themselves inside a bedroom with a wardrobe as she told them: “If you’re innocent, you’ve got nothing to hide.”

Mrs Trigg said her sons refused to let her in and she told them: “I don’t want to see you, I don’t want to speak to you, I don’t want anything more to do with you.”

She said she then realised armed police were surrounding her home and said she saw her sons walk out. She recalled officers putting them inside a police van.

Christopher Trigg, 36, who does not have a fixed address, admits causing grievous bodily harm with intent, but denies attempted murder.

Simon Trigg, 33, from The Glyn, denies both counts. The trial continues.